Antirrhinum
Antirrhinum (family Scrophulariaceae) A genus of herbs in which the lower leaves are opposite, the upper leaves alternate, and all are simple. The flowers are borne in racemes and have strongly 2-lipped corollas, the lower 3-lobed lip having a projecting bulge or ‘palate’ which closes the mouth of the flower; the tube is unspumed, but with a swelling below. A. majus (snap-dragon) is cultivated in many coloured forms and has been naturalized beyond its southern European natural range. There are 42 species, most Mediterranean, but also occurring in western N. America.
antirrhinum
antirrhinum XVI. — L. — Gr. antírrhīnon, f. antí counterfeiting, ANTI- + rhís, rhīn- nose (cf. RHINOCEROS).
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